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Posted by Diarmuid on April 01, 2001 at 19:55:15:

In Reply to: Anyone still thinks George W. Bush is a 3 or 6? posted by Becca on March 31, 2001 at 15:32:02:

Becca, Elizabeth and I had a litle argument over the whole Florida vote issue. We all agree that Bush lost by over half a million votes to Gore nationally, but what about Florida?

Was Gore's margin of victory more than 20,000 votes or not, when all actual votes for Gore are counted?

The electronic votecount that Gore "lost" automatically discounted all overvotes where voters selected two candidates, including Gore, then realising their mistake, wrote "Gore" in the write-in box. The legal definition of a vote in almost all florida counties is "the clear intent of the voter".

Tell me, when a voter submits a ballot with "Gore" written on the ballot, and there is only ONE Gore standing for office, is the intent not obvious?

Fact is, Bush "won" by the counts of machines which are unable to read human handwriting despite the fact that a handwritten ballot is a legal vote in Florida.

Smirk's margin of "victory" is whole lot less than the number of discounted Florida ballots where the paper has written on it, plain as day, GORE.

I can furnish you with info which Fox, NBC and the rest "forgot" to publicise, though local Florida papers publish it, thanks to Jesse. (but which is a matter of public record which nobody, including GOP high command, denies)

Anyway Becca, you may as well shut up now. Democracy died in its modern birthplace when Scalia concocted that judgement.

The irony? Whilst Senator for Tennessee, Al Gore VOTED for Clancy UncleThomas for Supreme court Judge, the margin of victory in Bush vs Gore.

Weird, a vote for Gore is a vote for Thomas is a vote for Bush.

Now I know why all the cool folks don't vote.

> "We are learning something these days about the power of a willful president. Without a popular mandate, George W. Bush is making radical changes that will have long-term consequences for this country and the world. He is making them in a hurry, and for the moment there are no checks or balances to stop him."

> -- NY Times article

> again i refer you to tom's excellent article.
>

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> Becca, Elizabeth and I had a litle argument over the whole Florida vote issue. We all agree that Bush lost by over half a million votes to Gore nationally, but what about Florida? > Was Gore's margin of victory more than 20,000 votes or not, when all actual votes for Gore are counted? > The electronic votecount that Gore "lost" automatically discounted all overvotes where voters selected two candidates, including Gore, then realising their mistake, wrote "Gore" in the write-in box. The legal definition of a vote in almost all florida counties is "the clear intent of the voter". > Tell me, when a voter submits a ballot with "Gore" written on the ballot, and there is only ONE Gore standing for office, is the intent not obvious? > > Fact is, Bush "won" by the counts of machines which are <i>unable to read human handwriting</i> despite the fact that a handwritten ballot is a legal vote in Florida. > Smirk's margin of "victory" is whole lot less than the number of discounted Florida ballots where the paper has written on it, plain as day, GORE. > I can furnish you with info which Fox, NBC and the rest "forgot" to publicise, though local Florida papers publish it, thanks to Jesse. (but which is a matter of public record which nobody, including GOP high command, denies) > Anyway Becca, you may as well shut up now. Democracy died in its modern birthplace when Scalia concocted that judgement. > The irony? Whilst Senator for Tennessee, Al Gore VOTED for Clancy UncleThomas for Supreme court Judge, the margin of victory in Bush vs Gore. > Weird, a vote for Gore is a vote for Thomas is a vote for Bush. > Now I know why all the cool folks don't vote. > > "We are learning something these days about the power of a willful president. Without a popular mandate, George W. Bush is making radical changes that will have long-term consequences for this country and the world. He is making them in a hurry, and for the moment there are no checks or balances to stop him." > > -- <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/31/opinion/31LEWI.html">NY Times article</a> > > again i refer you to <a href="http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~tchou/enneagram_bush.html">tom's excellent article</a>. > >

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